CHALLENGE: Good Day / Good Night

This week you are challenged to depict the same scene twice in one submission; both parts should be set on the same day - however, one part will be at night and the other during the day.

You may present this any way you want, as long as both versions of the scene are present in the one submission. Consider how each time of day will affect the scene.

Canvas Size- Unrestricted.
Colours- Max 25.
Transparency- Optional.
Animation- No.

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CHALLENGE RULES

• Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
• Only new pixels allowed.
• Open to all members.
• Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.

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CHALLENGE JUDGING

• Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
• Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
• Winner announced the following week.

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CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES

• Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
• Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
• 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
• No matter what happens you get challenged :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Good Day / Good Night pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!

Sunrise/set. If sunset is too close to night, it's not sunset >.>

Dune halp pls D:

Mint ;P

Other frame'll be a skull-headed thing fighting a scorpion witha cactus tail. At night

Sketch numbah one:



Daytime: dog sleeping in sun spot on the floor.  Nighttime: dog sleeping on heater vent on the floor.

Also have a very nice zombie idea.  I figured that was going to be EVERYBODY'S idea though.

QQ.  Does that mean I get a purple ribbon instead of a blue?

Do the scenes have to be from the same view?  Could they just be the same place?

Update on my WIP...probably complete but might modify the brightness of a few colors a tiny bit or something to smooth out the shading but thats probably about it.

Edited by slaughterism - 21 April 2010 at 5:18am

still a WIP though, I can seem to imagine what suitable landscape this should be. . .
I can decide whether its a desert, a forest or a village

question:
should white be considered as a color enumerated in the 25 max colors or not?

oh, eh, going for a sky scene...  had fun with the clouds.
3 colors so far.

thanks RollerKingdom :P
oh well, haven't accomplished much, but update anyways.

@ HCGamer -
Clouds are boring...  Take a look at post above yours to get an idea of what it might look like (not trying to sound egotistical or anything xD).  The sun is rather unrealistic and not very circular.  The sun produces the light that we get, so it should not have a shadow, if you get my drift :P  And rays would make it more interesting, take a look at Caineghis' post a few comments above to get an idea.  And saturate the sun, and make it slightly orange.  Adjust hues and such always makes a piece more interesting.  Also, the hills are not very consistant, the second farthest is darker than the 3rd farthest.  The flowers could do with some shadows on the ground, along with some more character.  Make each one different!  Or at least some different :>
Moon is very jagged.  Try to make most of it one colors, AA the edges with the lighter one, and add another darker mid shade for more AA.  Then, go back and add a bit of texture with the lighter one.  Just some circles would be enough.  The stars are too evenly spread out.  If you look at the sky (although you really can't see the stars if you live near a city), you will notice that the stars are placed randomly, so that some of them are close, and one star could be alone, far away from the others.  And it's OK to have a star touching the hills, the moon, or the border/edge.  It's more natural. As for the hills, the aren't very round, and they are sort of jagged.  The darkest hill's color clashes with the sky too.  Try to pick a different one, and maybe give it a more mystical color, or slightly yellow.  It's a bit plain and boring at the moment.
Here are some  pieces that show what  I'm talking about.
And flowers don't randomly disappear when it comes to night.

Another Quick update

Comments, critiques, advice?

Thanks for the tips. Btw, you're supposed to assume that he peeks out at the flowers in the day, he's there at night and the flowers are gone, he obviously picked them. I guess I should have put some in his hand.

Okay, here's my day side.  Be advised that the night side will be so frightening as to cause grown men to weep, if not to soil their undergarments.

@jalonso

>You are for real and soon to be feared!!!

Well, I... naw, I... awwwww.... (blushes).

Do not fear me--I have chosen to use my powers FOR GOOD.  If anybody asks.

Huge canvases, you say?  256 x 192, according to Wikipedia, the infallible repository of all human wisdom, is the resolution of a single Nintendo DS screen.  And the DS is a handheld.  And everybody knows handhelds have small screens; therefore 256 x 192 must be SMALL.  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Okay, I think I'm done.

When you're scared of the dark, as I was when I was a kid, the change from daytime to nighttime means that even your own bedroom stops being a place of safety.  (And I'm a grown man, but I admit it--even now, when I turn the basement light out, I get the heck out of there.)

Hey! I smell a cheater here! I'm sure I read somewhere that there are no professionals allowed!

Not sure if I'm not bending the rules too much here...

But this is work in progress, still subject to change ;)

"This week you are challenged to depict the same scene twice in one submission; both parts should be set on the same day - however, one part will be at night and the other during the day."

In my opinion, that's bending the rules a bit too much.  The point of the challenge is to show one scene during the day, and same scene at night time.  Not a transition from day to night although it does look pretty cool.
You could either make it follow the rules or you could continue it and not make it for the challenge.  Either way, it'd look good :)

But I was the first one to bring it up!

The zombies aren't actually gonna be my idea anymore... I've got something better.

@The Monongahela Monster - Anyone may enter.

@cozier -
Well I'm sorry to say, even if I agree with it, that "best nor worst" thing you just said is just an opinion, and, of course opinions conflict with one another. Apparently too many mods didn't think yours was ready, so they didn't let you in. Sorry, and better luck next time. :)

Now to help you a little: One big thing: contrast. Without contrast, I have to look closley to see what is going on. Another big thing: Reasonable line art. Try making it a little bit more... well... correct.

Keep try, keep try. :)

Thanks clovvach, and yes it was an opinion. Will try to up the contrast and follow your advice.

I have to pass this one after all :/ Don't have time to rework my piece or make another, more rules compliant one. But I'll definitely follow my idea on the unfinished one, out of the challenge :)

http://www.iliveinavillage.tk/up/c1e336e09a76aba49aa38b56a7f237f4.gif any better?

Edited by crozier - 25 April 2010 at 11:19am

See, I'm smart.  I did a sky scene.